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October 4th 06, 10:37 PM
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Unable to load monitor driver
When I access the display settings in control panel I find that the monitor
is set to default and the properties box is greyed out. How do I get to the situation where I can load the video driver supplied with my monitor (LG L1715) ? -- Richard 
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October 4th 06, 11:08 PM
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Unable to load monitor driver
1. What you need is not actually a driver. It is a .inf file that has the
physical/electrical parameters of your monitor. 95% of all monitors will work just fine as a Plug and Play monitor. 2. If you feel that you must load the .inf file, you will have to search your install disk (if the monitor came with one) for the correct file for Windows XP. Then, from device manager, update the monitor *driver* (a misnomer) and point the install to this inf file. The information will be transferred to your system. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Richard Law" wrote in message ... When I access the display settings in control panel I find that the monitor is set to default and the properties box is greyed out. How do I get to the situation where I can load the video driver supplied with my monitor (LG L1715) ? -- Richard
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October 5th 06, 01:46 AM
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Unable to load monitor driver
Richard Law wrote:
When I access the display settings in control panel I find that the monitor is set to default and the properties box is greyed out. How do I get to the situation where I can load the video driver supplied with my monitor (LG L1715) ? Try going through System\Hardware\Device Manager\Monitors\Default (or whatever)\Properties
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October 5th 06, 11:03 AM
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Unable to load monitor driver
When I go through the Device Manager "Monitor" is not listed. As I stated
originaly in the display settings the properties button is inoperative so I cannot get to the option to install the .inf file. -- Richard "Robert Gault" wrote: Richard Law wrote: When I access the display settings in control panel I find that the monitor is set to default and the properties box is greyed out. How do I get to the situation where I can load the video driver supplied with my monitor (LG L1715) ? Try going through System\Hardware\Device Manager\Monitors\Default (or whatever)\Properties
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October 5th 06, 12:34 PM
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Unable to load monitor driver
On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 03:03:02 -0700, Richard Law wrote:
When I go through the Device Manager "Monitor" is not listed. As I stated originaly in the display settings the properties button is inoperative so I cannot get to the option to install the .inf file. Try Plan B or C then. Plan B: Right click the INF file for the monitor and select Install. Restart the computer. If the monitor info is not updated, use Add New Hardware Wizard to select the brand/model. Plan C: Delete the existing plug and monitor listing. Have Device Manager scan for changes. It may reinstall the same plug and play monitor but you may also get the "new hardware" prompts. If the new hardware prompts appear, take the choices to manually locate the driver. Direct the dialog to the INF file for the monitor. NOTE: In XP, having the generic plug and play monitor should not limit the size of the desktop. By default, XP will set the desktop resolution at the highest one that it knows the monitor can handle. In most cases, this will be at least 1024x768. It is more common to be limited to 800x600 if the generic display driver is installed - VGA or VGASafe. The resolution in this case is to install the proper display driver for the display adapter (video card). In some cases, there may be motherboard drivers that need to be installed before the display driver. For example: I run multiple monitors (two different Samsung models) on a dualhead display card. On a new install, XP can identify the one newer model but not the other older model which shows up as Plug and Play Monitor. Eventually I install the INF for this monitor but until that happens, I've never had a problem getting both monitors at 1280x1024 as long as the correct motherboard and display drivers are installed. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User
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October 5th 06, 02:27 PM
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Unable to load monitor driver
Ah! Another tidbit. It's like pulling teeth.
I also, do not have a monitor listed upon a clean install -- UNTIL I install the correct motherboard drivers and reboot the computer. The monitor is then listed as plug and play. At this time I can install the dedicated monitor ..inf file information into the registry through device manager. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Richard Law" wrote in message ... When I go through the Device Manager "Monitor" is not listed. As I stated originaly in the display settings the properties button is inoperative so I cannot get to the option to install the .inf file. -- Richard "Robert Gault" wrote: Richard Law wrote: When I access the display settings in control panel I find that the monitor is set to default and the properties box is greyed out. How do I get to the situation where I can load the video driver supplied with my monitor (LG L1715) ? Try going through System\Hardware\Device Manager\Monitors\Default (or whatever)\Properties
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October 5th 06, 06:15 PM
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Unable to load monitor driver
Thanks Richard. Re-installing the motherboard vga driver solved the problem
-- Richard "Richard Urban" wrote: Ah! Another tidbit. It's like pulling teeth. I also, do not have a monitor listed upon a clean install -- UNTIL I install the correct motherboard drivers and reboot the computer. The monitor is then listed as plug and play. At this time I can install the dedicated monitor ..inf file information into the registry through device manager. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Richard Law" wrote in message ... When I go through the Device Manager "Monitor" is not listed. As I stated originaly in the display settings the properties button is inoperative so I cannot get to the option to install the .inf file. -- Richard "Robert Gault" wrote: Richard Law wrote: When I access the display settings in control panel I find that the monitor is set to default and the properties box is greyed out. How do I get to the situation where I can load the video driver supplied with my monitor (LG L1715) ? Try going through System\Hardware\Device Manager\Monitors\Default (or whatever)\Properties
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October 5th 06, 07:17 PM
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Unable to load monitor driver
I'm glad we were finally able to solve your problem. (-:
-- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Richard Law" wrote in message ... Thanks Richard. Re-installing the motherboard vga driver solved the problem -- Richard "Richard Urban" wrote: Ah! Another tidbit. It's like pulling teeth. I also, do not have a monitor listed upon a clean install -- UNTIL I install the correct motherboard drivers and reboot the computer. The monitor is then listed as plug and play. At this time I can install the dedicated monitor ..inf file information into the registry through device manager. -- Regards, Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User (For email, remove the obvious from my address) Quote from George Ankner: If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "Richard Law" wrote in message ... When I go through the Device Manager "Monitor" is not listed. As I stated originaly in the display settings the properties button is inoperative so I cannot get to the option to install the .inf file. -- Richard "Robert Gault" wrote: Richard Law wrote: When I access the display settings in control panel I find that the monitor is set to default and the properties box is greyed out. How do I get to the situation where I can load the video driver supplied with my monitor (LG L1715) ? Try going through System\Hardware\Device Manager\Monitors\Default (or whatever)\Properties
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